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Everybody is taking a look at the nuclear weapons complex these days and speculating about what’s going to happen, via reorganization, consolidation or “transformation.”

Here’s what Ted Sherry, the NNSA’s Oak Ridge manager, said about Y-12 in a recent interview:

“We’ve done a lot over the last few years to modernize Y-12 in many different ways. There’s a lot more to go. I think we’ve positioned ourselves favorably to execute our very important missions. The Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement evaluated different options for consolidating DOE operations, including moving Y-12 operations elsewhere.